Conducta pro-ambiental y personalidad: Análisis de un barrio de Lima

Rosario Liz Zapata Suárez; Angela Castrechini Trotta

doi:10.5565/rev/qpsicologia.932

Pro-environmental behaviour and personality: Analysis in a suburb of Lima.

Authors

Rosario Liz Zapata Suárez Universitat de Barcelona
Angela Castrechini Trotta Universitat de Barcelona

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Abstract

This paper explore pro-environmental behaviors in a suburb of Lima -with depressed socioeconomic conditions and high levels of pollution- and how these behaviors correlate with psychological-personality traits and contextual variables -degree of proximity to polluting sources.

Two instruments were applied to a sample of 300 subjects: a scale to measure pro-environmental behavior (Pato and Tamayo, 2006) and a personality questionnaire based on Eysenck theory (EPI Personality Questionnaire-Form A).

The results indicate a positive self-reported performance of pro-environmental behaviors. As for personality traits, subjects scored highly on the index of neuroticism and low in extraversion. Personality factors did not correlate significantly with the dimensions of pro-environmental behavior, concluding that these traits are not relevant indicators to explain pro-environmental behavior in the population tested.

Keywords

Pro-environmental behaviour, Personality factors, Recycle, Saving

Author Biographies

Rosario Liz Zapata Suárez, Universitat de Barcelona

Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal- Lima. Realizó estudios de Maestría en Psicología Organizacional -Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima. Actualmente realiza la Maestría “Intervención y Gestión Ambiental: Persona y sociedad” -Universitat de Barcelona y Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona-. Colabora en proyectos del Grupo de Investigación PsicoSAO, UB.

Angela Castrechini Trotta, Universitat de Barcelona

Licenciada en Psicología por la Universidad Central de Venezuela, realizó estudios de doctorado en la Universitat de Barcelona (UB). Actualmente es Profesora Lectora del Departamento de Psicología Social en la UB. Imparte clases en Psicología Ambiental, P. Social Aplicada y P. de la Comunicación.